The Psychology of Preppers w/Dr. Bradley Garrett

Taken from JRE #1515 w/Dr. Bradley Garrett:
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[@ccasazza8016]

A prepper is just somebody that believes their life and their family's lives are their own responsibility and not the government's. Food, protection, water, etc.

[@raptorsan85]

they also believe that based on history the future holds a very real possibility of disaster

[@Milo19970]

@@raptorsan85 Absolutely, without a doubt within our lives.

[@briancanfield5658]

Perfectly said

[@yourhucklebearer9451]

@@Milo19970 like TUH-MORROW..

[@keithmoriyama5421]

That's why preppers are hated.

[@attentionlabel]

#1 rule of prepping: don't tell anyone you're prepping

[@daltontaylor113]

just like Fight Club

[@valthomas9786]

Why not? Are you suggesting that you don’t want others to know? If so, I wonder if that mentality contributes to the anti social behavior that some preppers claim society will devolve into

[@MacKeyser]

@@valthomas9786 Short of being part of a prepping club, you don't tell others because as the rule of law breaks down, you don't want to become a target. Preppers are realists at heart. Society is specifically the rules we all agree to live by with after the fact consequences. We don't murder people because we don't want to be murdered, not because of laws. Those simply punish after the fact and studies show the punishment isn't a deterrent. The point is that much of how things actually work on a daily basis all over the world are shared choices to cooperate. The problem in scarcity is that cooperation breaks down when it's needed most. We already know how society would cease to be the civilization we know and become not just anarchy, but a truly dystopian nightmare... more quickly than anyone can imagine. Preppers simply acknowledge the reality of that and prepare accordingly... not just with guns or food, but also bushcraft, gardening, fishing and a host of other skills. the truth is that most preppers will suffer the same fate as most folks, maybe just a little later as they either have underlying health conditions, didn't obtain a full survival skill set, overprepared in one area at the expense of others (too many guns, not enough food...too much food, not enough weapons... no legit bushcraft skills, etc.) or suffer an injury that cannot be solved without modern medicine. So, no. You don't want others to know and yes, part of the very idea of prepping is based on the universal acknowledgment that anti-social behaviors would begin within days if not hours.

[@ClickClack_Bam]

This isn't the number 1 rule in prepping. Preppers don't give a fuck to talk about their newest methods or stocks.

[@Monkforilla]

@@ClickClack_Bam well I wouldn’t exactly be letting my neighbors in on it too much. But online I might post to a thread or something

[@wjerame]

Joe "Im not a prepper I just have 2000 lbs of meat and I stock other things on a private compound with backup generators" Rogan hahaha love it.

[@bighands69]

A fridge full of food is not prepping.

[@stn7172]

Joe is one of the biggest shills, he know the Convid is bs

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

That's not prepping, that's just being rich lol

[@paddington1670]

@@bighands69 2000lbs of meat is a fridge full? lol ok thar bud

[@heyby8764]

3 deep freezer not 30

[@thetoymanator7723]

During the lockdowns we were fighting in the aisles over toilet paper - can you imagine the breakdown of society if the entire shelves were bare, there's no water coming out of your tap, no electricity powering your "essentials" like a fridge or heater or A/C, and no mobile service. I used to laugh at preppers before the Covid 19 pandemic - never again!

[@hindsight2022]

Exactly . Preppers always have the last laugh .

[@chumpion7180]

@@hindsight2022 lmao "Preppers always have the last laugh" Fucking Gold!!!

[@tuttifongul2006]

Sooo hurricane season in south florida? 🤣

[@ThisIsTurnerr]

Hehe. We bout to find out lol

[@larsbee]

there are lots of wannabe preppers who go nuts when something tiny goes wrong and those I hate coz they r the reason why shelves are empty ... there's no need to have a shit load of toilet paper, noodle, rice if everybody behaves like u live in a social society ... which it seems theres none in the US ...

[@SuperKyle309]

A prepper is someone who'd rather be 20 years early to a disaster, than 1 day late.

[@michaelvangundy226]

Many city folk have the plan that they will just leave the city. They are going to a place where they went camping. And then hunt and fish for survival. But we who live here have other plans. We will chainsaw down huge trees to block the road. We will put up a sign then shoot all who go around it. Stay away from our property city folk. We have earned this with our labor and hardships. If you want in, move here and help.

[@buschwacker5054]

KZbin censored this comment fuck KZbin

[@toricardozamorano4476]

👍 nice true

[@cowbunga3714]

Okay sucks for us procrastinators

[@mattydominic4219]

Never heard it put that way but that's a great way to put it.

[@glockman9c]

Everyone was a prepper 100 years ago. People spend $80k on a car to drive 1 hour a day but spending $20k on guns, ammo, food, water, etc is crazy, right?

[@gooberguck7483]

Lol only rich people are buying 80k cars, and I'm sure most have a back up plan if shit goes down

[@bensantos3882]

Well said brother.

[@gooberguck7483]

@@bensantos3882 what he said was ignorant

[@kurtisb100]

@@gooberguck7483 there’s an amazing number of 80k vehicles roaming the streets for a claim like that. Granted, many don’t own them outright, but the point remains. It’s not a crazy headspace to be ready for an unexpected situation to occur.

[@gooberguck7483]

@@kurtisb100 I suppose you're right

[@counterculturevulture1917]

I started prepping because I grew up poor and we didn't always have food. People don't realize how many normal looking kids in normal looking houses may not be eating. Everyone goes through the seasons of feast and famine. So I'd rather stock up during times of feasting because I know the bad times are real and often inevitable.

[@buyerofsorts]

Ok, how many?

[@caseycamachoperez7774]

@@buyerofsorts 7

[@buyerofsorts]

@@caseycamachoperez7774 That's not bad...

[@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine]

I was stuck in the Texas deep freeze driving truck. By the second day the truck stop was out of fuel. Day three, no water of any kind. Day four, no food in there and my fuel was at a quarter tank. Most people don't realize how close that got to ugly. It was one day away for me.

[@StephenMcmonagle-dv4kf]

@@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine its just high demand on short notice

[@DeltaDanner]

I was always the “crazy prepper” in my group of friends. When the pandemic was just starting I was the first one they talked to about what to get to prepare. I was happy to help and even happier to be understood.

[@warriorfire8103]

I always told people "I can think of worse hobbies" Lot of hobbies just waste your time. Prepping tends to pay off. And when it does all your friends think you're a god damn genius.

[@DeltaDanner]

@@warriorfire8103 some of my friends spend their money and time on cars and that’s ok. I spend my money and time on equipment, food, and training. That’s ok too.

[@mannurse7421]

It suck to be misunderstood

[@slopcrusher3482]

@@warriorfire8103 if you’re doing it right, it won’t be that expensive. Goods bought in bulk is the way to do it. Rice, beans, canned goods, etc.

[@alpgiraygomlekli8391]

Same here, I always learn basic survival skills for camping and urban survival stuff. In Turkey when a coup attempt happened I was in my home at the 3rd floor winter garden with my gun, several knives, binoculars and walkies. I watched armed vehicles and soldiers barricading the main roads. Luckily nothing happened. And when the coronavirus was detected in China and in the news, I bought a gas mask and started buying food, hygiene supplies etc. All of my friends laughed. I said " You won't be laughing when the first case in Turkey reported. Then the first case in Turkey reported in news and my college shutted down just in case. I bought my ticket to my hometown because I'm from a town like the Siberia or Rocky Mountain region of America. ( My hometown is %97 forest but I was studying veterinary medicine in İstanbul ) Once again all of my friends said there is no need for that but I thought '' Time to bug out and bugging in my safe hometown where all of my family and preps were there.'' Then the outbreak started and lockdown started. All of my friends was feeling bored and isolated at their small apartments in İstanbul but I was firing the grill with my family, iced tea in my hand, eating fruits, vegetables from my garden. The world didn't end but I had a very quality time with my family after a long time ago. Survivalist mindset is no joke, it's beneficial for living in comfort while other people freak out for basic things like toilet paper.

[@jaymanP]

Joe’s buying a big ass ranch in Texas where he won’t have any neighbors. I think that’s pretty clear by now.

[@striderlee4915]

His only neighbor will be Alex Jones

[@toothybj]

I wouldn’t want neighbors either. Most people suck.

[@bushtruck]

Most likely! I just started a channel where I take trucks up into the bush and wreck em. Hoping to make a few folks laugh! Maybe Joe should move up here, it's amazing.

[@311mdub]

I’m sure joe honestly wouldn’t mind living and trading with Alex.. think of his mansion being filled with food guns supplies etc. he endorses and sells the food storage

[@markhilltaco4079]

well at least then he might finally see Bigfoot

[@AndreaRoll]

Brendan Schaub: "preppers are stupid" Joe: "well i prepped for this" Brendan: "oh yeah, i totally prepped too, prepping is the smart thing to do"

[@Harkness197]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Keyser___Soze]

Ahhh hhaha, spot on!

[@devmanify]

@Saucey Sorrell especially when you've had your shit pushed in as many times as Brendan lol

[@Beeklydan]

Not a bad idea to be prepped. Many governments say you should have a kit for 3 weeks to a few months time incase a huge disaster happens and FEMA can't help. But there are some crazy prepper people who are straight up insane or stupid. They look at every detail in the news or crazy conspiracy ideas and think the world is coming to an end next week. There is this guy in Horning's Mills Ontario, Canada. He buried a bunch of school buses and made a bunker. It was subsidized by the government and people reserved spaces. If you ask him he will gladly show it to you. Decades after the cold war the busses are rotting away, there is a layer of soil on the ground, and his soup turned black, yet he insists the bunker is ready to go and eats the black soup. lol. I'd take my chances on the surface or just go to some of the nearby caves.

[@sheldoneuos]

Why did I hear Schaubs voice 😂

[@FidelCastroImpersonator]

I never understood all of the criticism that preppers get.

[@truthskr7127]

In case of an emergency situation, government wants people beholden to them so they demonized the word prepper.

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

they're just tactically oriented hoarders

[@doublebreastedweskit1854]

Imo people laugh at them because they're scared that one day the "crazy" preppers will be vindicated.

[@jamesespinosa690]

Ignorant thoughtless people who laugh at anything unusual or unexpected. Thats who laughs.

[@joshhoppring5051]

It's because the authoritarians don't like self sufficiency

[@allienoneya4257]

Being from farm culture, we are the 1st preppers. We plan for 1 year at a time. It’s a daily life style. We farm fields, have a family garden, a root cellar, we raise animals, we have fruit orchards and berry bushes. Self sufficiency at its finest.

[@stevenschnepp576]

Two generations ago, my family fled the farm. Now I'm saving up to go back. There's an irony there.

[@chopperking1967]

I hope part of your preps include protecting those preps, from gangs of raiders. Get LOTS of armed friends to protect your commune. One family will fall within two weeks. You will need at least double the number of people you think, after thinking about it, because sleeping in shifts cuts your work force, and protection force in half. They will come with IR googles, multiple vehicles, grenade launchers, suppressors... loud one night, silently three nights later, the whole thing. They will test you first, then let you exhaust yourself after days or weeks on heavy watch, then come for you, when you are all exhausted - in full force. You need a community, not just a few families at your commune. You will need to anticipate moraless, and trained people in groups. The worst parts of the Bible.

[@truthseeker4446]

You are living my dream ❤

[@overtherenowaitthere]

It took Alex Jones 2 hours before he started saying he's gonna eat his neighbors

[@Queenofdacastle]

Bruh 😆🤣😂😅

[@kamakazitv574]

You have one but left my friend chose wisely

[@Kube_Dog]

That's why you want fat friends.

[@nickherrera1041]

That’s what happens when your peak alpha

[@Kube_Dog]

@@nickherrera1041 "You're," Mr. Alpha...

[@floridaman7]

I'm not a prepper, has 3 commercial freezers full of meat and a backup generator.

[@N-e-o1]

😂😂😂

[@StudioCluiss]

Honestly 3 commercial freezers wouldn’t last a family of 4 that long

[@floridaman7]

@@StudioCluiss Yeah it would.. I have a single small chest freezer and it's lasted a few months for my family. I bought chicken in bulk at the beginning of this covid 19

[@woohooivan]

Jac 400lbs of meat is enough for a year my guy. That’s not even rationing.

[@nocturnalnun]

Everyone should own a backup generator.

[@chris-2496]

My grandparents' generation in Eastern Europe, who lived through WW2, were all preppers. Every family had a cellar full of preserves even if living in an apartment building in the city. A small garden just outside the city (dacha) was super common for growing your own vegetables, roots etc. Everyone had supplies. That's what helped live through economic and social collapse in the 90s

[@StephenMcmonagle-dv4kf]

its also how our ancestors survived for millions of years lol

[@lpd1snipe]

I live in Hurricane Central also known as Florida. I've been a prepper my whole life. You have to be. Before the storms come, the stores are emptied out. After the storms come, there's no food, no power, nothing to be had. You have to be self-sufficient.

[@elizabitchr.2835]

4 months later hurricane ian just came through- how are you holding up?

[@lpd1snipe]

@@elizabitchr.2835 fortunately we are okay had a few trees come down, lost power for a few hours but I have a generator. People south of me got hammered. It's devastating.

[@bmwloco]

Back in my 20's and 30's, when friends got married, I gave 'em 55 gallon coolers. My wife thought I was a nuts. But friends that lived through a hurricane and 9 weeks without electricity wrote the nicest letter... ;p

[@donkeyballs1163]

Awesome those of us who have had to use our preps before understand the importance of being ready if you dont prep the basics your letting your family down

[@fishfan2]

Holy shit that's alot of water lol, my 20 gallon fish tank is big as is

[@B34RABLE]

You Wish you’re a nerd with a girl profile pic lmao you sorry simp

[@CETGale]

Hell I ghot several 128 qt coolers for deer meat during season they come in handy in a hurricane for sure..

[@misst1586]

I would love that kind of gift

[@dcross446]

"I'm not a prepper, I'm prepared"

[@Kube_Dog]

Prepper means one who stays prepared.

[@jimromer4403]

Let’s not get into a mine is bigger than yours competition. They will call us crazies and freakezoids.

[@Kube_Dog]

@@jimromer4403 So? Who cares what "they" might say?

[@worldofthecobs1195]

@@jimromer4403 they call people who question 9/11 or the BS weapons of mass destruction crazy! In reality they are the crazy ones... they question nothing and walk around like zombies and they never prep for anarchy, there not only stupid but there insane.

[@klounpound6945]

@@worldofthecobs1195 are you referring to nukes as bs?

[@IanCrouse]

I sold my business, slowed in writing, bought five acres, and started a farm for sustainability and it was the best thing I could have done.

[@I_Ace]

Im jealous wtf. I wish I could

[@andrewtowell6074]

Hats off bro!! Yr living the dream

[@andreataylorschutt3450]

Yo! My wife and I did the EXACT same thing!

[@MostafaElSakari]

I’m sorry to hear that

[@donHooligan]

Million Dollar Idea: canned rabbit raise rabbits in a way you can harvest their poop clean. (urine free) can the meat in jars just like vegetables....and handle it like a drug dealer....give away one quart to every customer, and they will *ALL* be back for more. domestic rabbit is a delicacy....so good, so tender. fat free and that poop is some of the best organic fertilizer on the planet.

[@William-the-Guy]

"A lot of the preppers are not anxious at all. Because they have a plan. Those of us who are anxious are the ones who don't have a plan." -that's gold right there.

[@danielepp3113]

For some, anxiety leads to prepping.

[@infunerous666]

Anxious at first, confident when shtf

[@sazza2270]

Joe "Do we have enough DMT in the bunker?" Rogan

[@michaelmcnulty7520]

DMT and moving to Texas good luck with that.. them hillbillies like to play hard on drug charges.

[@RolIinStoner420]

@@michaelmcnulty7520 Sazza makes a joke, and you reply back with that sick in the mud comment? Thanks for your helpful imput. Im sure we are all better off because of it....

[@michaelmcnulty7520]

@@RolIinStoner420 Speak English, Sick in the mud? Wtf are you trying to say boy?

[@ChrisBrown-ys6bw]

Yes

[@nicholascecil6733]

John "I pigeonhole everyone into their stereotypes" Doe

[@Mossy590a1]

My family laughed at me for being a prepper. They laughed all the way up until everyone start freaking out about Covid. Some of them have actually apologized to me

[@311mdub]

Yes prepping pays, literally. My family had stored foods meats supplies for years, but it in bulk on sale, when prices go up im not paying more for meat supplies etc..

[@acctadmin4073]

uh huh

[@donkeyballs1163]

Same here lol i even called mu family weeks before the lock down when i first herd china was lovking down citys n told them it was going to be a big deal and they laughed at me then 2 weeks later there calling me n telling me to make sure i get extra food and stuff lol n this is two days after the TP was out n stores were bare they been laughing at me for years then they were asking me for masks lol

[@charleyfleming9037]

My wife called me crazy and still thinks so for buying storable food and ammo, years ago. I told her I just want to be able to survive if it gets to the point that there is no food to be bought (saw that in 2020). One who fails to plan has a plan to fail.

[@kennyrogers3919]

Same here 👍🏻😉

[@mfd4505]

I have been teaching preparedness for years. Everyone needs to be able to make it through 2-4 weeks for sure. Anything above that puts you better than 99.9% of the public. I get paid to think of preparedness and odd things we may have missed in disaster planning for my organization. Doing disaster planning, living in the New Madrid zone is very eye opening.

[@BenAC75]

What organization do you work for? It sounds like something I'd enjoy doing.

[@davidcanary60]

Start pressure canning meat

[@inlandbhsk8r]

Do you have upload videos?

[@GalryZ]

We need more info

[@kennapetrea1591]

I was raised by military parents. We were avid campers. But the reality of being prepared should not be compared to what the doomsday preppers do. But when the pandemic started and people were out of work for 1 week, they ended up in food lines. There is always a catastrophe out there waiting to happen . Being prepared is the only answer.

[@StephenMcmonagle-dv4kf]

exactly you can prep all u want with ammo and toilet paper cans of food etc but what happens when ur ammo runs out and all your supplies lmao. people need real hunting skills and ability to defend themselves. cans of beans aint gonna save us, ability to hunt an create campfires/shelter will

[@rootloggins3951]

Those that make fun of prepping have not lived through something like hurricane Katrina. I did. We didn't have clean water for 2 weeks. We drank from the creek bathed in the creek. We ate fish squirrel rabbit and deer. You will be thankful for what you can get your hands on when the shit hits the fan. To tell how weird that experience was, I seen a bream fish stuck in the side of a tree. Literally this fish went into the tree. I seen a traffic light on the side of the road. The nearest traffic light was 8 miles away. I watched pine trees twist and snap like a twig. Then came the humidity. It was only 97 98 degrees most of the time which is nothing in south ms but when u add 100% humidity you can barely breathe. People were fighting shooting and stabbing each other for gas for their generator. We hid our food so no one would try and steal it. People were putting small push mowers beside folks generators so they would still hear a running engine and then steal the generator. Lots of folks got shot for stealing. Long story short not all preppers are crazy people.

[@thereadinesschannel7610]

I find first hand experience like yours interesting root. What else did you learn? what did you wish you had more of? These real world accounts are very valuable lessons for us all.

[@virginiabeech]

I went nuts buying cans, propane and water for that storm. I was called crazy by my family. But no one thanked me when we used all of those supplies for 2 weeks.

[@ashfordj81]

People who think prepping is weird are living with 20th century American normalcy bias. Even the lower class here live under better conditions than most royalty, let alone the masses of humanity, throughout human history. In their minds, tomorrow and every day after includes running, potable water at their fingertips, plumbing, electricity, HVAC, vehicles, jobs, and a working society with the veil of civilization in effect.

[@inthso362]

Everyone who lives in FL who doesn't do the most basic prepping is considered a fool. No conspiracy here, we're all aware of what it's like when the power goes out, and everything is closed. It happens every few years, at least.

[@ClownScript]

Yeah my ma always kept butane tanks and gallons of water and thought she was crazy since we hadnt had a hurricane in 13 years and bam next year we got hit by small boy danny

[@FLdancer00]

Facts

[@lpd1snipe]

As a born and bred Floridian I concur.

[@vera747]

@@ClownScript Do worry about floridas next hurricane, Congress will deny them relief. Florida is not so safe

[@redrustyhill2]

Anyone who lives anywhere.....

[@tomtee4442]

My dream finally happened I moved off grid December 2019 before covid. Debt free, money and metals saved, excellent credit and definitely prepped and prepared pretty good. Been prepping since 9/11.

[@KumaBean]

For someone who doesn’t consider himself a prepper, Joe seems very prepared. That’s good stuff, 🤙🏻

[@michaelvangundy226]

There are real survivors who have an underground bunker with everything for a family to stay inside for months. And potential to survive for ever.

[@KumaBean]

@@michaelvangundy226 I know all about those chaps, and I’m mad that I’m not one of them 🤣

[@bradmetcalf7832]

Joe is semi prepared to the point that the power is out and his generator consumes all of his fuel. I find it slightly dumb to invest in 3-4 commercial freezers for meat when they can be replaced by canning the meat and it will require no further power to remain shelf stable. It will also last much longer in storage than frozen meat.

[@warriorfire8103]

@Brad Metcalf Joe has income to pay someone to both teach him and do it for him too.

[@Sylvester4571]

Dude Joe has armored trucks and bunker. He’s cappin lmfaooo

[@MrSpaceMees]

imagine going back 500 years and telling some dude with a bow that in 500 years we have arrows that can destroy the whole world in a matter of minutes.

[@joekingsbury11]

Where do u get ur weed from

[@runswithphantoms1757]

If you were in India, then they'd believe you and reference their ancient texts that describe literally a powerful bow and arrow that could level cities [edit: and home in on targets] being wielded by one of their gods.

[@grsshppr7659]

Imagine going back five hundred years and accidentally killing everyone with all your modern disease.

[@MatthewSAziz]

Runs with Phantoms lol India

[@runswithphantoms1757]

@@MatthewSAziz amiwrongtho?

[@TheHarryDrew]

I’m so high I was waiting for them to talk about peppers that whole video

[@farmersgrip]

I was waiting to hear about Peppers too

[@DankMemes-xq2xm]

Joe needs Ed Currie on the show

[@benjones3661]

Legit smoking a zoot now thinking the same lmao

[@evanblackley5738]

Hahahaha

[@PMurray2694]

​@@benjones3661zoot it up mf

[@williamlee7782]

My friends make fun of me at times for having a packed freezer. A few weeks ago, we lost power for 3-4 days. My freezer remained cold and nothing thawed. 💪💪

[@GiacomoVaccari]

I was under a military occupation for a while, and my first thought was "I'm a foreigner, once the food starts being scarce I'm the easy one to come take everything from". Things get real very fast, knowing what to do in those situations occupies no space!

[@gregs5845]

The preppers in Texas during the freeze really won on this one. I know people that did not prepare anything for the freeze. No extra water, no extra food, and not even wrapping their outside pipes.

[@destinytroll1374]

Like Steven Crowder, he lived through the small CME in Montreal 1989. So now he's got generators, freeze dried food and stored water.

[@mcdabberton4147]

I drove over to dallas from pensacola to help during the freeze and it blew my mind how unprepared everyone was. As a floridian we always have a month or so stashed away for hurricane season

[@bighands69]

@@mcdabberton4147 People in the UK are in an even worse state. Many cannot even defend their home. During the riots of 2011 the people had try and defend their property with bins, brushes and bits of wood.

[@iamwhoiam7887]

@@mcdabberton4147 I was one of those people who thought "pff, big deal, it'll be a little chilly out." Then everything froze over for a week and the power blew and I had no canned food to eat :(. I remember power coming back on for about an hour and I was able to fry some ribeye in that time.

[@tonyokrongly3235]

I'm a Texas prepper. I supported 9 people during the freeze. No stores, no water, no electricity. Somebody has to do it. I enjoyed it. It was a good shakeout. We had food, water, wood heat, natural water source, etc. It was fun, but Preppers know more than anyone how unprepared even WE are for a long-term disaster. I'm not prepared and I grow over an acre of food, have over 1000 pounds of stored goods, have milk goats, etc. The math is daunting. A human being eats 750,000 calories per year. I have 7 to support. That's close to 5 million calories of food. A can of green beans is about 70 calories total. We have to work to know how to not only store food, but how to grow grains, potatoes, squash in bulk.. 1000 lbs of potatoes is only 400,000 calories. That's only 6 months for ONE person... 1000 lbs. Most "preppers" aren't prepared. The absolute volume is amazing. Hopefully it'll never be needed.

[@droleted87]

I live in rural Maine, no city sewar or water. It's not called being a prepper up here. Being ready is just a way of life.

[@destinytroll1374]

Aaaye hello from the other side of Canada. Sounds like Maine is similar to Alaska

[@bsm6776]

Sewer*

[@firefly9838]

I’d love to move to Maine.

[@bighands69]

You still need to have supplies and knowledge.

[@hew195050]

Maine, the way life should be! (And I’m not living in Maine unfortunately never did)

[@craigthescott5074]

One thing I learned as a street cop for 33 years is most people live in their own little bubble world and the shit never hits the fan for them their whole lives, but when it does they have no plan and no chance. These same people think the government will be there for them but what they don’t realize is they are on their own and you better be able to survive without assistance. At minimum you need to store Food, water, weapons, ammunition, medicines, and a way to pay for things other than paper money or electronic currency. Having silver, gold etc. None of these things are items you wouldn’t use anyway or would be bad investments.

[@thereadinesschannel7610]

Well said. Retired 2020.

[@boxerchick702]

I went to visit a cousin of mine for two weeks and bought a few boxes of pasta and other pantry staples the first day I arrived. She was so surprised, even trying to talk me out of buying “so much” because we could always just go back to the store again. Months later, Texas had their energy crisis: no power, no water, no food in the stores at all. Her and her fiancé had nothing to eat for weeks other than junk food and sweets from the convenient store down the road. They had no backup food whatsoever.

[@redrustyhill2]

Good. Some lessons are best learned the hard way, but i have a feeling they didn't learn shit.

[@_Delta_P_]

It wasn’t weeks. It was 5 Days.

[@bigjohn2811]

Preppers know the history and the nature of mankind.

[@klounpound6945]

@@estout324 you never saw covid coming. There's nothing wrong with being prepared. Because the future is unpredictable

[@hhiippiittyy]

Some do. Some work of of a skewed narrative. Like for everyone, there are all kinds.

[@slc308]

2021.... E's comment didn't age so well. Lmao.

[@NaturalHypertrophy]

I totally relate to these people. I cannot feel at ease if my cabinet and fridge aren't filled with resources. Food insecurity cuts deep yo

[@ReptilianAnusWizzard]

Well especialy when you build your body you wont take chances to loose anything of your hard work

[@fishfan2]

You're everywhere

[@bloatedsodium7301]

@@fishfan2 I saw this dude at Wal-Mart.

[@fishfan2]

@@bloatedsodium7301 lol really

[@I_Ace]

As a person we are hunter gathers. It's natural for us to want to stockpile resources

[@steves835]

Who's watching this in 2022, thinking: "I was sitting on my couch with my feet up, drinking a beer, watching people beat each other for a roll of toilet paper"? I did. I'll never forget the day my wife and I were watching that news broadcast, me slowly turning my head toward her with a smile on my face, and her saying "Don't even say it." Funniest four words she ever said to me. Well, besides "is it in yet", but that's a whole other thing....

[@thereadinesschannel7610]

Hell yes! The comfort of knowing I didn’t have to go out into that cluster environment for anything……priceless

[@steves835]

@@thereadinesschannel7610 'Atta boy! Who's crazy now?!? Hahaha

[@stevenschnepp576]

@@steves835 ... If your wife's name is Rebecca, that's _really_ uncanny.

[@steves835]

@@stevenschnepp576 lol it would be, but unfortunately it's not 😂

[@vickykoen]

Everyone should prep for at least a week, so you can wrap your head around the circumstances. Most don't have the means to prep for survival, but you can prep for a minute to get it together and give yourself some mental comfort and go from there in an event or something.

[@stevenschnepp576]

I'd say a week is a pretty good, realistic minimum for most of the country. You're unlikely to see a disaster that extends longer than that. Hurricane country is a bit different, but they've already been doing that.

[@budc.8172]

In January 2020 I had been listening to smalltime news personalities on KZbin monitoring what was happening in China. Being a prepper myself I understood what I was seeing there was coming my way really quickly. So I decided to flush out my preps a bit more. I went to my local food market and bought a shopping cart of canned goods since they last almost forever. While in line a young lady my age laughingly asked "Whats up with all the cans?". At that moment I told her "Its just for my pantry that is low" in order to not sound like a crazy end of the world lunatic. I look back now and regret not telling her the truth of what was coming our way and that she should at least restock her kitchen. At that moment I had been more worried about not looking weird instead of trying to let others around me know the danger we all faced. The extremely negative stigma of "preppers" is what made me keep my mouth shut when I could have possibly helped others around me. I truly regret that moment.

[@bdan6954]

I'm sure she's fine.

[@josephgarner9767]

Right?! And what's really scary is how we all will manufacture our own downfall. In a capitalist society we hafta stand on the economic backs of less fortunate nations but now we've gotten so used to just going to the store that we are weaker as a species

[@dannygjk]

No worries for women they will be fine in an emergency situation in general.

[@MattHanr]

You’re a monster! But in all seriousness you were right to have that feeling, bc she would have thought you were crazy and may have even laughed in your face. Don’t beat yourself up

[@hew195050]

Don’t! No one would have listened anyway. And anyone who would listen would already be prepping.

[@whitechocalte532]

Ironic to hear them complaining about how this is still going on in July...last July

[@thetonybones]

2 weeks to flatten the curve 😆🤌🏼

[@jeremymenning56]

Joe: "I'm not a prepper." Also Joe: "I have 2000 pounds of meat, a backup generator, and a stockpile of rice and pasta." Yes Joe. You are a prepper.

[@dgd947a15fl]

I guess compared to his income level. Aside from the 2,000 pounds of meat and the freezers needed for that, a backup generator and a few years worth of rice and water would be easily doable for a middle class family and would mostly fit in a closet (you'd need more space than that for the water). He could afford to design and build a custom underground doomsday luxury bunker, but he has a closet full of dry rice and pasta, a backup generator, water, and the meat from how much he hunts.

[@poindextertunes]

idk man sounds like he just wants to keep what he shoots. Me personally, he just sounds like a guy who hunts

[@MyUrbanExplorationOnline]

Yeah I have a feeling that when Joe means that he is not a preper. It is from the context of not being a preper with having a full bunker.

[@manictiger]

@@poindextertunes It needs to be de-fatted (boiled with the fat skimmed out of the water), dehydrated and vacuum sealed in mylar with O2 absorbers, or in 10 years, that meat's going to be inedible, frozen or not.

[@inferiorsinister]

My family has always prepped to a point. We always have water bottles and toilet paper and extra food. I’d say we can live for a good month or two before running out of food. When I live out on my own, I’m definitely going to keep the practice alive just in case.

[@MikeWalksWithJesus]

Bump those numbers up.. 7 year tribulation coming

[@black_hand78]

@@MikeWalksWithJesusdoubt lol.

[@crewsgiles9499]

14 months later, making fun of “conspiracy theorists” did not age well.

[@silent_partner_pa9917]

Today's conspiracy theorist is tomorrow's conspiracy analyst

[@bensantos3882]

Yep.

[@bensantos3882]

@@silent_partner_pa9917 exactly my friend.

[@intensifier1346]

Crazy preppers stacking baby formula! Like they would let there be a baby formula shortage!

[@GallowayJesse]

@@intensifier1346 There already is a baby formula shortage

[@edcko10]

Yo Jamie pull up Texas ranches with walk in freezers and underground bunkers real quick

[@4694711884]

😂😂😂

[@snusemcgoose1001]

The fact that Jamie’s moving with him and is really gonna be there to say “ok” makes it even more hilarious

[@SomeBodyIUsedToKnow8]

Snuse Mcgoose Jamie’s got a totally gangster job, we all jeolous

[@timturk1899]

I'm in Austin and can't imagine where else Joe would move here? I call it "New Austin". Town mottos were "Keep Austin Weird!", and "The Live Musical Capital of The World!" when I arrived in late 99'. Very diverse! Not an attraction for poorer musicians these days. Previously Austin was a "Mecca" for great, younger musicians. No money? You could get by here on a small job and rent, and progress your playing, even out on 6th Street. Artwork w/spray paint, 20 people watching him do his thing, then sell them for a great deal, but he was quick, as well as very creative! Apparently, they're "hiding" the comedy clubs? Some of my favorite "Tales of The Trip" video excerpts really blew my mind! Many great comics here still! And I believe we have the worse Mayor in The US. It's gotten much to large, to fast. No one questions our Mayor about not doing what he ran on, but his prediction of what would happen if he didn't do these things he promised, has become more true. A County wide scandal? The press will not question leaders on their total fails. PLEASE COME TO AUSTIN. IT'S VERY GENTRIFIED, SO DON'T BE A MATTHEW MCOUGHNAWAY, HE'S TURNING INTO THE ANTISETHUS OF THE ORIGINAL AUSTIN. PLEASE COME HERE JOE! IT'LL BLOW YOUR MIND! YÓU COULD REALLY INFLUENCE FOLKS! THAT SEEMS TO BE YOUR FORTE, AND IN A SIMPLE, VERY NOTICEABLE WAY! GREAT JOB JOE! ALWAYS GETTING BETTER, AND IS GREAT BECAUSE OF THIS. HELP AUSTIN PLZ? YOU'LL MAKE A BIG IMPACT OF POSITIVITY! THE JOKES COME EASY HERE, AND IT'LL GIVE YOU EASY, HILARIOUS, SERIOUS IDEAS. THAT'D MADE MY DAY! COME TO AUSTIN JOE! THANKS FOR ALL THE KNOWLEDGE! AND IMPORTANT INFO!

[@habib1379]

Lol

[@jumpingbean69]

A lot of "prepping" is what used to be basic living. Canning, gardening, recycling, and mending, was all just what you did.

[@graymatters6155]

Conspiracy theorists and peppers have been the only ones that have been right about anything based on empirical evidence after everything we’ve experienced over the past two years alone. People that make fun of preppers and conspiracy theorist’s are absolute idiots at this point because the only difference between conspiracy and fact is six months anymore

[@manictiger]

One "conspiracy theorist" has the equivalent I.Q. of 1,000 normies combined. These "non-conspiracy theorist" types are made to be removed from the genepool. They were born to go away.

[@alexandernewton5853]

I mean, not ALL conspiracy theories. For example, flat earth

[@manictiger]

@@alexandernewton5853 Good point.

[@sgoredraw1455]

@@alexandernewton5853until you’ve been up high enough to see it with your own eyes , you’ll never know

[@tilertowers2694]

I clicked this expecting to hear something about how Chile peppers effect your psychology. I saw this guys mustache and just assumed he was a pepper expert.

[@primary5050]

😂😂😂😂

[@WifeBTR123]

That same as well.

[@chriskolb3105]

Kind of hard to take a man seriously when he wears his hat like that. The fruity necklace and facial hair aren’t helping either.

[@annalisa14]

@@chriskolb3105 😂😂😂

[@jordanhicks5713]

Yeah me too🤣

[@martinaee]

“I’m not a prepper... but I’m prepared...” 100+ MIL helps with that..... 🤔

[@gregorybirchfield4952]

Back in the old days it wasn’t called prepping it was called living, everyday life just putting food back for the winter to make it to the next growing season. Prepping is just like having a insurance policy.

[@donHooligan]

like being an insurance policy.

[@johnpoe8576]

I grew up prepping, lol lived in a tent for 3 months at 9yrs old ,Winston Montana amongst other states and places, combat vet, the forest is my safe place

[@willmiramontes]

Joe "I have a lot of meat" Rogan

[@mediocrates1937]

Guys just go on a $13,000 4-day guided hunt and shoot you a 700lb elk for your warehouse full of muscle cars and commercial deep freezers. C'mon guys, what are you waiting for, you gotta be prepared for the apocalypse...

[@scumbag5448]

Mediocrates get ya bread up broke boy ☠️

[@lakasngamatzko4523]

Stupid meme comment trendy

[@KarstRats]

The point is even if you got that bread you can hunt for 34 fucking dollars all day long in the us lol. Save the money for more hella guns or a sherp and a Jeep wth a car dolly attached.

[@tomlawrence3991]

Not what she said Joe

[@geoh1896]

Restaurants are one of the most likely businesses to go out of business.

[@Urban_Paradise]

Open table is saying 40/60% of all the restaurants aren't going to reopen.

[@ljdelaney2286]

They already did go out of busienss

[@Feezwa]

Well, I've seen some restaurants shifting their service to home delivery by changing their kitchen menu so they can be packed and delivered right in front of people's doors.

[@eddenoy321]

Well that was normal even before the pandemic. Actually the pandemic diverted a lot of government money to bailout struggling restaurants that just took the support and closed up anyway. In any case we can still survive without them and eat at home.

[@bighands69]

@@Feezwa That take away business in many cases will not make up for the loss of evening service.

[@Peachy08]

I stay prepared. I have enough food, toiletries etc...to last us a year. Thankfully I am because in 2020 my husband lost his job of 32 years. We were able to navigate till he found another job because of our preps. We went through almost all of it but at least we had it. I have been steadily resupplying it. You should always be prepared for anything.

[@mbezzan]

I'm not an extreme prepper but when COVID hit I had 300 n95 masks that I really didn't need that bad but I had a friend who's immunocompromised and was able to get him what he needed to stay safe. We also didn't need to change much with our food, we had 6 months of tp, ect. It just reinforced reasons to have a few things on hand.

[@Gp38a]

Put your mask on. Get your 10th vaccination. 😂

[@woden3643]

I love how people buy car, house, life and health insurance but think people who prep are crazy. YOU are crazy not to prepare.

[@kf7bqz]

Joe "im a low key prepper who doesnt admit it" Rogan

[@edcko10]

Oh he's prepped up! You better believe that.. That ranch in Texas will have a walk in freezer for sure!

[@mediocrates1937]

Joe is a closet-libertarian that can't shake the feeling of needing to vote with "empathy" i.e. for the progressive left. Unfortunately the Left is infested with filthy Marxist radicals and voting with or for them will achieve exactly the opposite of that which Joe seeks. Texas has become Elysium for Californian "conservatives", not realizing that they will eventually change the culture of Texas as well...

[@snow6094]

@@mediocrates1937 name a single elected Marxist... joe Biden literally represents conservative’s views more then a left winger like me....

[@firefly9838]

@@snow6094 There are no actual Marxist, common right wing trope

[@PolishBehemoth]

@@snow6094 you have no idea what you are talking about. Joe Biden voted in some of the most left wing regressive (not progressive) things in this country. Look at his administrations obsession with transgender. Look at the racial separation in the military. Look at rise in taxes for wealthier people. Look at his love of more restrictions for pandemic that we don't need. Tell me 2 conservative things about Biden I dare you that involve things he supported while in office.

[@engine4403]

After gas was cut off for the first time in decades in the 70s. It only took 3 days before the first shot was fired in Melbourne, Australia. Spooking a local doctor George Miller and inspiring him to make a small movie called Mad Max.

[@billstapleton1084]

My parents lived through the great depression. They kept two-month worth of food in the house. They taught me to be prepared. Have the proper tools. Have enough dry goods. Have enough canned fruit. Have back up medical supplies. Of course, guns to protect your family.

[@WFesler]

I have no food and 2365 rolls of T.P.

[@1jw298]

No food = no 💩 = no need for wiping 🧻.

[@crazyhair2863]

Says the liberal.

[@paladinsmith7050]

Well technically it still counts as fiber, just lacks calorie content.

[@1jw298]

If you are a woman than nothing comes out of your bum. You don’t fart/poop/or ooze slimy stuff 😐🤢🤮 its only there to be squeezed/occasional slap/ and look good in jeans. Nothing more

[@SJ23982398]

I have guns, give me some of your T.P.

[@jcksncrmrcrmr6542]

Joe officially made it 75 seconds into the video without talking about elk meat😂

[@terryalford955]

Idaho rancher goes to heaven , steps up to st, Peter to enter the gates , st, Pete asks most people a question about there life or compliments them for moral life etc, staring at the rancher , st,Pete could only think , Idaho rancher ,what do I ask him ,?? And the only thing he could think of was , Did you get your elk this year.??

[@Kryhavoc-2]

Rural folks have always been preppers as a normal way of life. Having what you need without having to "go to town"

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

It is all funny until the electricity goes out, the water turns off, or the store shelves are empty. No one needs to know what you have.

[@bennycostello2472]

My dad wasnt really a prepper but I grew up in an off the grid house In the early 90's to early 2000's and it was dope

[@cxa340]

We live in Houston where every responsible person would be prepping - because if it isn’t a hurricane or a tropical storm or just a line of thunderstorms on tax day it will be a winter storm or just a broken water main on a clear beautiful day that takes a week to repair, but regardless of the cause it seems at least once a year we have some event that cuts the power and water for a few days. So be responsible and just be prepared with some food and water to make it through.

[@bwatkins1223]

As an Eagle Scout, our motto was and is "Be Prepared." I don't understand why people solely depend on stores being open every single day. Forget about pandemic, WW3, etc... simple weather or something unknown can lead to shortages of food, water, supplies, etc... so many can't survive a 72 hour "inconvenience" let alone a month or a year. People think it can't happen. These people are 100% dependent on the government to save them.....they won't.

[@seanbyrne5313]

Lol. I am in charge of seafood at my local grocery store. At the beginning of the pandemic we had no idea what the lethality rate of the virus was, only the hype and fear we heard. In the end we all agreed we would die at our store, because if we, and all the people like us stopped working, than, realistically everyone would die anyways. Fear is for people who's jobs don't matter.

[@tegbolddos]

Fear is the Mind Killer

[@overlandecuador8893]

Well, the beer is there.

[@MM12684]

Wolverines!

[@dddooo9865]

Lmfao ima cdl holder if truck drivers stopped and trains stopped then the world would literally stop no medicine no food, and doctors aswell were essential workers youre a grocery boy no one would realistically starve if you didn’t come to work lmfao!!!!

[@MostafaElSakari]

@@dddooo9865 what? You gonna drop off all that food in an empty parking lot?

[@callspreadzero854]

I’ve seen how quickly it devolves multiple times over my 33 years, and I will say, every time it seems to speed up in terms of the initial phases of disordered to no food supplies and subsequent looting. From multiple hurricanes, especially hurricane Katrina where violence and looting started extremely quickly, to being on a fishing trip in Venezuela at the start of revolution and social disorder. Being prepared and having a plan goes a long way.

[@bighands69]

When people have been to war zones it really opens their eyes to a hard life.

[@hew195050]

Thank you. I’m starting.

[@xxSk8ing4christxx]

"The one who is prepared is never surprised." Jack White - Everything You've Ever Known

[@scumbag5448]

Toori Baba they at least give themselves a chance

[@xxSk8ing4christxx]

Toori Baba Nah you still gotta prepare for that too. Mentally not physically. You gotta because accepting and letting go of the things you cannot control.

[@Kube_Dog]

They never did talk about the psychology of a prepper.

[@xxSk8ing4christxx]

Kube Dog haha you’re right actually!

[@TommyRandall]

Icky thump who'd a thunk sittin drunk on a wagon to Mexico - Jack White

[@testudo2185]

I only wish I had the prepped mentally years ago now I’m paying twice the price for ammo and food

[@tomtee4442]

One night coldest day of the year in my mobile hidden tiny home. I didn't turn heat on. This was a test. It was about 15 degrees water frozen inside tiny home in a bottle. 2 cheaper sleeping bags, 4 layer hat, 9 blankets on top of sleeping bags (To Much). I went to sleep with just shirt and underwear on inside sleeping bags in 15 degrees. After about 40 minutes I started to get hot and sweat when inside 2 sleeping bags I was in and 1 blanket on top, took off other 8 blankets. Couldn't believe how warm I got with no heat turned on. And with the right gear - clothes on you don't need heat at all. Heat is a want not a need in a real SHTF!!! Another test on a job in my hidden tiny home no windows or doors open for security and if it started raining didn't want things wet, hottest day in summer. 105 degree heat with a Ridgid 9 amp hour battery powered fan 6 inches from my face with my head and face wet went to sleep during day with about 60 percent humidity. But for this test I had to have the battery powered fan on and in my face to stand it. I just don't have my tiny home finished yet. Always good to practice real world scenarios before they happen. My father was in the military and more hard core than a drill sargent!

[@bmcminn8838]

I need Edward Snowden's take on the virus

[@alexjicha9889]

Why did I read this as “discusses psychology of dr.pepper”

[@TheSwayzeTrain]

Because he's so misunderstood.

[@scientistsbaffled5730]

It was his mustache soul patch combo that threw you off. Disconcerting to say the least, what's the psychology of that? This guy obviously has some deep childhood traumas he's not dealing with. I'm thinking it's involving watercolors and mimes, sick combo if you ask me

[@alicecooperrocks2885]

SAME!

[@FrankyRedEyes]

That's soda weird

[@edwardz.rosenthal9946]

Because, fun!

[@wallabing]

I fully understand and support the preppers. Their stockpile gives them months to survive and fight back/ resist if the Government turns evil.

[@redrustyhill2]

🤣🤣🤣 "if the government turns evil" 🤣🤣🤣

[@stevenschnepp576]

I think you meant "more evil".

[@paulvelasquez6943]

Not long ago, one of my grandsons asked, Pop, how do you know so much and how to build and fix things. I told him it was the norm when I was a kid for our dad's and grandfathers to teach us, and that is why I tried to include you in projects when I could. ( We lived several hundred miles apart sadly, so I didn't have much one on one time with him). When he got married I bought him a full tool set for Christmas. He looked so disappointed when he opened it. Heck I still get a thrill every time I get a new tool or gadget.

[@Mapdotnowhere]

Fail to plan ; plan to fail

[@scientistsbaffled5730]

You're planning either way, touche ball's in your court now

[@leafsfan1539]

Man if people don’t see that this is man made by now you are probably one foot in the grave

[@fishfan2]

Ik people with mental disabilities that know the virus was man made

[@Aridrona]

Mild flu . Kill your tv

[@JA-ev7om]

*... Isn't everyone one foot in the grave the moment we are born?*

[@JA-ev7om]

@@CBT5777 *Have you met my kids? You'd hate them too.*

[@bugs825]

especially after 5 jabs!

[@Sylvester4571]

I started prepping 6 months ago once I finally was able to break out of poverty. Now, I have 3 weeks of food and plenty of ammo and silver. I have a well on my land and my flock of chickens and all I need now is to continue gardening and get a few cows and I’ll be golden. Millions starved during the Great Depression and I will not be one of those poor souls during this one

[@larryburrow6278]

When things shift into a bad mode it's to late to prepare you are now one of the people that are going to have a rough go. People may not believe it but the way you are living right now can go south in a heartbeat.

[@allenlilly6968]

It's February 19th 2021. Still locked down

[@nathanjames1597]

As a New Zealander I love it when Joe talks about my country! NZ REPRESENT

[@lindadechiazza2924]

And how he escapes Yellowstone volcano to live in New Zealand where there are volcanoes all over the North Island. LOL

[@kiwi8.]

We only have baby volcanoes well be fine Joe's welcome at my place

[@Silvertip1958]

My wife and I stocked food up mostly prepandemic and we canned from the garden yearly. We are enjoying eating all those foods now that we paid pre 2019 prices for. Food price inflation isn’t having much of an effect on us. Prepping is always a good idea to many after the fact.

[@scottrobinson9752]

My prepping experience started about 30 years ago. I live in Texas, tornado alley. I initially nought a few things for that type of scenario. I was young and single, in an apartment. By the time I got married and started having kids, buying a house etc... I built up my preparations to suit that dynamic. From the late 80s, I was aware of people like Yuri Bezmenov... and was waking up to the kind of threat he was detailing. I understood the wealth transfer out this country, to the elites was happening. I remember Chinese firms bringing workers over, dismantling steel mills, and physically moving them to China. I understood how destructive NAFTA was. I saw the eternal wars kicking off. There was Ruby Ridge, Waco, Unabomber, etc... Watching government response to these, and how narratives were being built around them...Hearing the term "political corretness" for the first time in 1992 on Nightline with Ted Koppel, and immediately seeing that it was just a rebranding of Cultural Marxism, and knowing what was in store... 9/11, WMDs, the war in Yugoslavia... It didn't take rockets science to link things together, and see that it was going to head to this exact moment in time, that we are currently facing. So prepping took on a whole new scope. We did what we could in those times, with what was available to us. We've gone through bug-out bags, bug-out vehicles, to bugging IN and stocking and fortifying our suburban home. Fast forward to 2022, and we live in the woods, and are largely self sufficient. Friends and family telling us the whole way that we are over reacting...still to this day with everything thats gone down...we still get teased and ridiculed. Thankfully we are just far enough away to where none of those people can easily make it to our door in their time of need.

[@arintheseatsesh6242]

They're just sorry they can't

[@yoshilee7101]

U are overreacting. U live in the woods and ur self sufficient? Good for u I guess. Nobody cares. If an asteroid hits earth again or if some other natural disaster happens or some other bad stuff happens your woods ain't gonna save u. You'll be gone just like me. Your self sufficient land will be a burnt little ash spot.

[@jbibro]

A field trip to the CDC with Duncan Trussell would be the experience of a lifetime.

[@Milo19970]

Ever since this covid flu I realized that prepping is necessary. Look at how weak our infrastructure is. The amount of panic over a flu that kills less than 1% is insane. Imagine indeed if it became 10/20%

[@xMrjamjam]

It's not the fatality risk that's scary it's the long term effects that's scary and you gain no natural immunity once infected and you can catch it multiple times so each time you are basically playing Russian roulette and each trigger pull you'll either get nothing or you die or you get serious long term health issues that progressively get worse over time. It's not worth taking the risk man

[@city_of_coompton6832]

@@xMrjamjam haha take your 5th booster bud. that's not playing Russian roulette...

[@bugs825]

​@@xMrjamjam If we look at the last Corona virus, SARS, they found that immunity lasted 3 years without being exposed again. It's just another virus, which mutates to prevent immunity but gets weaker with ea h mutation. Our bodies are amazing and designed for this, don't listen to the bs you're being fed.

[@HTMLRu1ezD00d]

@@xMrjamjam🤡 do you still feel this way 2 years later?

[@gregelsner6338]

I think it's just good common sense to have what I call an "oh shit kit" mine is a suitcase on wheels with basic medical supplies, a couple of life straws, dried food, lighters candles and a farrow rod, a break down rifle, pistol, ammo, a few knives, small tent, hammock and a solar generator. Also with a few other odds and ends but hey I'd rather have it & not need it than need it and not have it right 🤷

[@blinkspacestudio8892]

Every year I try to be more "grid down" ready as I can be because I always felt it was on the way. Ireland is getting amber alerts for the grid and this winter they are talking about blackouts. This was never a thing before...like EVER. Its hitting everyone now. I have a small shop in the house so I dont even have to leave if something crazy happened. That lowers the blood pressure for sure.

[@thepracticaldad]

Glad to hear it. Stay frosty, Buddy. 🇮🇪

[@twotreasurehunters]

Prepper here, having lived in California I have been thru 3 major earthquakes, an evacuation for a dam that overflowed and had potential to bust open and wildfires. Now I live in Texas and deal with tornadoes. This ain't no conspiracy theory, life throws curve balls and Covid19 was just another on a long list of zingers. Trying to be prepared for possible emergencies is the responsible thing to do

[@bighands69]

No body in Europe preps they are living in a bubble of big government protection. European governments even pay farmers to not farm the land so they can build biodiversity all while they import foods from Africa.

[@thereadinesschannel7610]

Well said

[@Palentir]

I’ve been prepping since 94’

[@johnathoncastro]

How much stuff do you have now?

[@mrverklemmt7883]

Congratulations

[@mentalmetalist]

I’m sure you have some expired goods

[@mrverklemmt7883]

26 years of prepping for nothing to happen

[@BrettAnderson3]

@@mentalmetalist you cycle through food so you never have expired goods

[@yuricastro47]

this is so amazing, i'm from Venezuela and we had hell situation where i wish we would have been more prepared, the 7 of march of 2019 there was a huge chatastrophic electric failure over the 60% of the country, and the things we lived was the stuff of nightmares, there was "raiding parties" from neighboors and all kind of crazy sht, i really wish we had some kind of prepper mentality back then

[@Loriann4444]

Ive been prepping since 1999. I was responsible for the lives of my four kids. Have 2 of everything you might need some things 3. I dont consider it being crazy just responsible. Loss of job hurricane or a damn pandemic.

[@lilwoody4789]

Me since 92, in 08 I got a cabin in the mountains. There is 4 months of vacuum sealed food there and enough seed to plant a garden. I just started canning and this year there will be a windmill, solar panel and a small hydro generator before next bear season.

[@I_Ace]

I lost my house an car in a hurricane, been through covid, been through shit. Im going to start prepparing so I don't get fucked over again too

[@thepracticaldad]

Becoming a father is exactly what did it for me. Real responsibility makes a boy a Man.

[@justaddfire4418]

“I do a podcast. I have podcast equipment. But, I’m not a podcaster” -Joe Rogan

[@lindadechiazza2924]

he is a martial artist, host, comedian

[@bradleykurtz2605]

"free market libertarian want a strong governennt to fight crisises" No they don't. They can't want that, and be libertarian by definition.

[@quincee3376]

Exactly.

[@quincee3376]

Actually i just rewatched it, he was mocking them saying these guys talk a good game about fres market libertarianism but are hypocrites since they actually want the opposite. Skip to 11:35 and he's really mocking them .

[@braxtonphifer7986]

@@quincee3376 you haven’t see a free market in over 100 years

[@richfarfugnuven6308]

Your spelling and grammar is terrible, but I agree

[@Sam-wc2mc]

@@richfarfugnuven6308 Your spelling and grammar are terrible*

[@swartzautoman2]

Growing up in SW Florida, it was a must to be at least a little ready each year before hurricane 🌀 season. It happened every year so it didn't take long for regular residents to learn. The store shelves are empty 3 days before the store hits. the next round of truck are not showing up again untill the stores are open for business again.

[@philrogers8160]

In our community this winter we have dealt with municipal water pipe broke outside the water plant (no water 3 days) and power outage (1 day). Luckily not at the same time. The power outage affected a wide area of the state and was forecasted (had other electric companies and tree companies on standby). We had assurances of when the services would be restored but it made you think of what if this happens on a longer basis. Stock up on basics. We have too many people depending on going to the grocery store to pickup food every nite. Very few have freezers to store food as a backup plan.

[@mac11380]

I'm not a super prepper, but when the plandemic hit, I didn't need to rush to the store for anything, wife and I have but up a dozen 4 level steel shelves and for years, we would but items that we need by the dozen, like a dozen bottles of Dawn, alcohol, TP cases, dozens of aluminum foil etc. as standard stuff. We buy meat on sale and put it into individual bags and freeze. Have a generator, freeze dried food which will last 25-30 years about enough for 4 months on freeze dried alone . (I strongly suggest Mountain House freeze dried,) it is great tasting food but it is not cheap. The only thing we were short on were things like milk because you can't really stash much of it. We are planning to either build a fuel efficient room in the basement where we can go and conserve power to last longer to getting a shipping container to use as a shelter to conserve heat etc with solar panels. When we need an item, we go down stairs to our "store" and get what we need, when we consume the item, we go to the store and replace so we have a constant supply. Water filter are a must, we have a well and a large pond and a small lake near by for water. Plenty of ammo and arms to keep what we have. I suggest everyone do the same to the level that you can.

[@Livetoeat171]

It's funny how the only thing you're not prepared for is milk? You shouldn't be drinking milk from a cow anyway, if you're an adult human.

[@mac11380]

@@Livetoeat171 Based on what? You shouldn't consume a good amount of items you do anyway, but thats ok? You don't eat cheese, ice cream, yogurt or butter either? Why is ok to drink milk if you are a non adult, but not when you are an adult?

[@Livetoeat171]

@@mac11380 Do you have Google? And no I don't need the coagulated pus from a cow that causes cheese or yogurt.

[@mac11380]

@@Livetoeat171 I didn't think you would back it up, have a good week.

[@Livetoeat171]

@@mac11380 I didn't think you were smart enough to use Google either.

[@MCsCreations]

If I had money enough I would prepare as well. Just because shit happens.

[@MCsCreations]

@TIOTIO But to build a bunker... Yeah, you do. 😬

[@KalRandom]

@@MCsCreations You don't have to have a bunker, just stock some food and seeds. Not those seeds, food seeds, tho those will help and be worth good trade.

[@MCsCreations]

@@KalRandom I know, but it would be way cooler if I had a bunker! 😂

[@boilermechanic5106]

Don't just buy seeds to put up. Plant some of them. Gardening is a lot of trial and error. Learn how to garden now because your life may depend on it one day.

[@MCsCreations]

@@boilermechanic5106 Yeah, I know a bit about it. My parents have a farm here in Brazil and I grew up going there almost every weekend. 😊 I learned how to ride a horse alone, for example. And the horse got so used to me that, after a while, I just went until him, got over him and he brought me until the place where I used to gave him corn... With a rope or anything. 😊

[@lorddemonoss3945]

I've been prepping for the zombie apocalypse since the 90's 💀

[@urielmartinez2161]

yeah lot's of mall ninja stuff huh? 😆

[@xxblazemuzarodxx4871]

Zombie apocalypse will never happen🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@stevenschnepp576]

@@xxblazemuzarodxx4871 A man can dream, can't he?

[@hardchooligan]

Everyone who made fun of preppers sure had a change of heart when covid hit. It wasn't the preppers stock pilling toilet paper food etc, they already had that stuff

[@stevenschnepp576]

It really is interesting looking at how the conversations changed before and after the cooties hit. You still get some who still mock the very idea, but they're far less common.